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[arch-general] poll: udev uevents settle wait time
by Dimitrios Apostolou 31 May '08

31 May '08

Hello list, I have recently seen the new feature of the initscripts, where the waiting time for uevents settling is being reported. So since we are all interested in booting speed, what are the times being reported for your computer? Let me start with a P3 800MHz I have running arch. Normal wait time: ~11.5s acpi=off wait time: ~5s What about yours? Dimitris

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[arch-general] Kernel upgrades question, as can't revert to earlier kernel
by Nigel Henry 30 May '08

30 May '08

I've noticed for some time now that some distros are upgrading the current running kernel, rather than installing a new kernel version, which if there are problems with the new kernel, you could boot the earlier kernel, which you know was working ok. I'm currently updating my Don't Panic install, and there is a kernel update to 2.6.25.4-1 , and 21% done so far. Is there some way that this latest kernel version can be installed as a new kernel, and leave the existing one alone? I don't like this way of updating the kernel, as you have no way of booting to the earlier one if the latest version is problematic. 26% done now. Nigel.

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Re: [arch-general] netcfg and atheros or where to set the ap mac
by dennisjperkins＠comcast.net 30 May '08

30 May '08

I have the same problem. I haven't traced the problem to the source yet but to get a wireless connection, I need to do "iwpriv authmode 2" on the command line, then kill and restart dhcpcd for ath0. I have an older laptop with an Atheros chip, and it doesn't seem to need this step for some reason. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Arvid Ephraim Picciani <aep(a)ibcsolutions.de> > Hi, > netcfg is quite what i need for my laptop. unfortunatly i can't get it to > work with the built in atheros card. The errror is "wireless association > failed". > Well obviously atheros doesnt associate automaticly. you have to do it > manually. not a problem, i just set an ap via iwconfig and it works. > netcfg has an option IWOPTS. the docs claim this will be passed to iwconfig. > unfiortunatly that is not the case. > > so where can i set the ap? > > -- > best regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen > Arvid Ephraim Picciani >

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[arch-general] iproute and linux-atm
by Michal Soltys 29 May '08

29 May '08

Hello It's pretty minor thing actually - still, since linux-atm is in core, iproute can benefit a bit from it, as atm qdisc requires it. So - linux-atm could be added as dependency to iproute2. Cheers

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[arch-general] New nvidia drivers in testing
by Thomas Bächler 29 May '08

29 May '08

The new nvidia drivers have finally been released. They are in testing now for both architectures. I upload them completely untested, as my desktop is unaccessible until tomorrow. I dropped the libnvidia-wfb from the package, as it does the same as Xorg's libwfb and our xorg-server is sufficiently new (at least as far as I was told). Please report and working/non-working GPUs, I hope we can move this to extra soon.

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[arch-general] For the person who manage the RSS feed (packages)
by Attila 29 May '08

29 May '08

Hi, thanks very much for appending i686/x86_64 to the filename. This makes it very much better. See you, Attila

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[arch-general] Error using WPA on the new kernel
by ponto 29 May '08

29 May '08

Description: After doin' the last kernel's upgrade to: 2.6.25.4-1 Wireless connections using wpa_supplicant cease to work, viewing the log files an error repeats: iwl4965: Error sending REPLY_RXON_ASSOC: Already sending a host command. Steps to reproduce: ifconfig wlan0 up iwconfig wlan0 essid ssid_s_name wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -w -D wext -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B dmesg this is from dmesg: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 PM: Writing back config space on device 0000:02:00.0 at offset 1 (was 100102, writing 100106) ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0 wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 wlan0: RX authentication from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0) wlan0: authenticated wlan0: associate with AP 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=87) wlan0: associated wlan0: CTS protection enabled (BSSID=00:11:20:68:ad:f0) wlan0: switched to short barker preamble (BSSID=00:11:20:68:ad:f0) wlan0: WMM queue=2 aci=0 acm=0 aifs=3 cWmin=15 cWmax=1023 burst=0 wlan0: WMM queue=3 aci=1 acm=0 aifs=7 cWmin=15 cWmax=1023 burst=0 wlan0: WMM queue=1 aci=2 acm=0 aifs=2 cWmin=7 cWmax=15 burst=30 wlan0: WMM queue=0 aci=3 acm=0 aifs=2 cWmin=3 cWmax=7 burst=15 ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready wlan0: RX deauthentication from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (reason=2) wlan0: deauthenticated wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 wlan0: RX authentication from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0) wlan0: authenticated wlan0: associate with AP 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=88) wlan0: associated wlan0: CTS protection enabled (BSSID=00:11:20:68:ad:f0) wlan0: switched to short barker preamble (BSSID=00:11:20:68:ad:f0) iwl4965: Error sending REPLY_RXON_ASSOC: Already sending a host command wlan0: no IPv6 routers present wlan0: RX deauthentication from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (reason=0) wlan0: deauthenticated wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 wlan0: RX authentication from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0) wlan0: authenticated wlan0: associate with AP 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=89) wlan0: associated wlan0: CTS protection enabled (BSSID=00:11:20:68:ad:f0) wlan0: switched to short barker preamble (BSSID=00:11:20:68:ad:f0) iwl4965: Error sending REPLY_RXON_ASSOC: Already sending a host command wlan0: RX deauthentication from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (reason=0) wlan0: deauthenticated wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 wlan0: RX authentication from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0) wlan0: authenticated wlan0: associate with AP 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=91) wlan0: associated wlan0: CTS protection enabled (BSSID=00:11:20:68:ad:f0) wlan0: switched to short barker preamble (BSSID=00:11:20:68:ad:f0) iwl4965: Error sending REPLY_RXON_ASSOC: Already sending a host command wlan0: RX deauthentication from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (reason=0) wlan0: deauthenticated wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 wlan0: RX authentication from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0) wlan0: authenticated wlan0: associate with AP 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:11:20:68:ad:f0 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=93) wlan0: associated wlan0: CTS protection enabled (BSSID=00:11:20:68:ad:f0) wlan0: switched to short barker preamble (BSSID=00:11:20:68:ad:f0) iwl4965: Error sending REPLY_RXON_ASSOC: Already sending a host command

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[arch-general] netcfg and atheros or where to set the ap mac
by Arvid Ephraim Picciani 28 May '08

28 May '08

Hi, netcfg is quite what i need for my laptop. unfortunatly i can't get it to work with the built in atheros card. The errror is "wireless association failed". Well obviously atheros doesnt associate automaticly. you have to do it manually. not a problem, i just set an ap via iwconfig and it works. netcfg has an option IWOPTS. the docs claim this will be passed to iwconfig. unfiortunatly that is not the case. so where can i set the ap? -- best regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen Arvid Ephraim Picciani

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[arch-general] aufs with kernel 2.6.25
by Michael Towers 27 May '08

27 May '08

Hi there, Is anyone else having problems with aufs and the new kernel (2.6.25.4-1, i686)? Here it is a bit of a disaster - I mount it and that was the end of the session, no message, complete system lock up, hard reset necessary. Here is my simple test script: ################## run as root #!/bin/sh mkdir -p aufsu mkdir -p tfs/system mkdir -p tfs/mods mount -t aufs -o br:tfs/mods=rw:tfs/system=ro aufs aufsu ##################

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[arch-general] experience with gprs/umts cards & linux?
by Arvid Ephraim Picciani 25 May '08

25 May '08

Hi, Unfortunatly i need to travel a lot recently. For windows you can use those pcmia cards that act as a modem for umts/gprs connections. If anyone tried something like that on linux, please share your experience. Maybe i could use a mobile with bluetooth as well. -- best regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen Arvid Ephraim Picciani

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